by Marshall Jamison

Missus Eaton made doughnuts for breakfast
For Oren and me. I loved her doughnuts
And so did he.
Oren was a big man, a sailing man,
Just home from the sea,
And I was a tad who climbed on his knee.
Between us two, who ate the most?
Well, after a dozen or more —
He had French Toast!